Penny Dreadful. The ultra-budget, thousands-of-cards Magic Online brewer's paradise with powerful cards, six free weekly tournaments, free 24/7 league, prizes, quarterly rotations, and a super friendly community.

How do I get started with Magic Online?

Check out the guide to Magic Online.
Which cards are legal?

Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
The best way to search legal cards is with Scryfall.

You can view the full legal cards list.
How do I find or brew a decklist?

Minimum 60 cards. Any number of basic lands. Max four of any other legal card. Sideboard of up to fifteen cards.

The best way to build decks is to use a search engine that supports Penny Dreadful legality (f:pd) like Scryfall.

Browse Decklists from tournaments, leagues and elsewhere

View the full legal cards list
How do I get a game and find other Penny Dreadful players?

To get a match in Magic Online go to Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice on Magic Online and create a Freeform game with "Penny Dreadful" in the comments.

To find the Penny Dreadful community join the Discord.
How do I enter the league?

Leagues last for roughly a month. You may enter any number of times but only one deck at a time.

You play five matches per run. You can join the league at any time.

To find a game sign up and then create a game in Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice with "Penny Dreadful League" as the comment.

Top 8 finishers on each month's league leaderboard win credit with Cardhoarder.

Current League

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How do I enter a tournament?

We have six free-to-enter weekly tournaments with prizes from Cardhoarder.

They are hosted on Gatherling along with a lot of other player-run Magic Online events.

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What happens if a card goes above 2¢? How does rotation work? When is the next rotation? How long are cards legal for?

Legality is determined a week after the release of a Standard-legal set on Magic Online.

Prices are checked every hour for a week. Anything 2¢ or less for half or more of all checks is legal for the season.

Any version of a card on the legal cards list is legal.

The next rotation is in 12 weeks, 6 days.

Ramp

Tournaments Only
Season 30▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
9. 29
10. 28
11. 27
12. 26
13. 25
14. 24
15. 23
16. 22
17. 21
18. 20
19. 19
20. 18
21. 17
22. 16
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24. 14
25. 13
26. 12
27. 11
28. 10
29. 9
30. 8
31. 7
32. 6
33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Ramp	247	436–450	49.2	0	7	14
Cloudpost Ramp	156	308–276	52.7	0	5	13
Eldrazipost	12	19–25	43.2
Golgari Post	4	6–10	37.5
Greenpost	35	42–69	37.8			1
Gruul Post	37	86–60	58.9	0	3	3
Simic Post	65	149–107	58.2	0	2	9
Domain	6	6–7	46.2
Defenders	1	2–3	40.0
Carth Superfriends	39	61–75	44.9	0	2
Jund Carth	2	4–2	66.7

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	76–116	39.6
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	4–12	25.0
Mono White Heroic	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Heroic	4–10	28.6
Red Deck Wins	14–18	43.8
Goblins	6–13	31.6
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	6–5	54.5
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	1–1	50.0
Chroma White	2–0	100.0
Elves	8–14	36.4
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	8–7	53.3
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	4–8	33.3
Affinity	2–4	33.3
Tempered Steel	2–4	33.3
Madness	1–1	50.0
Golgari Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	2–1	66.7
AggroSlide	1–1	50.0
Cats	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	11–32	25.6
Boros Legends Aggro	7–30	18.9
Selesnya Legends Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	44–97	31.2
Storm	13–41	24.1
Dragonstorm	1–6	14.3
Hazoret Storm	2–4	33.3
High Tide	9–31	22.5
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	12–13	48.0
Worldgorger Dragon	4–4	50.0
Starlit Graves	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	8–8	50.0
Orzhov Reanimator	6–7	46.2
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–1	50.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–5	16.7
Taking Turns	0–2	0.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	2–1	66.7
Enduring Ideal	1–2	33.3
Chain of Acid	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	2–1	66.7
Calibrated Blast	0–1	0.0
Gyruda	2–6	25.0
Tameshi Bloom	3–15	16.7
Possibility Storm	2–2	50.0
Control	109–66	62.3
Mono Black Control	1–1	50.0
Esper Control	9–7	56.3
Dimir Control	6–7	46.2
Azorius Control	18–4	81.8
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–2	33.3
Cloudpost Control	28–16	63.6
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	7–5	58.3
Izzet Cloudpost Control	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	11–6	64.7
Mono White Cloudpost Control	4–1	80.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Stax	4–2	66.7
Jeskai Control	3–1	75.0
Dragon Control	4–7	36.4
Izzet Dragons	1–2	33.3
Esper Dragons	3–3	50.0
Ponza	5–8	38.5
Mono White Control	2–1	66.7
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	2–1	66.7
Pox	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	8–3	72.7
Orzhov Control	2–1	66.7
Prison	11–2	84.6
Enchantress	9–1	90.0
Aggro-Combo	14–26	35.0
Aristocrats	6–2	75.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	4–1	80.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Food	2–0	100.0
Burn	1–2	33.3
Infect	6–18	25.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–1	66.7
Golgari Infect	4–17	19.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–3	0.0
Combo Goblins	1–1	50.0
Goblin Persist	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	10–14	41.7
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	0–5	0.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Wizards	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Tempo	2–1	66.7
Izzet Spells	2–2	50.0
Dimir Tempo	2–2	50.0
Dimir Faeries	2–2	50.0
Combo-Control	33–16	67.3
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	10–3	76.9
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Pickles	1–2	33.3
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	2–2	50.0
Hive Mind	3–3	50.0
Zur's Weirding	3–1	75.0
Solar Flare	10–4	71.4
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	128–93	57.9
The Rock	3–0	100.0
Grenzo	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	5–4	55.6
Selesnya Midrange	0–2	0.0
Jund	8–5	61.5
Blink	22–26	45.8
Wave Blink	21–25	45.7
Cloudpost Wave Blink	3–5	37.5
Azorius Wave	14–13	51.9
Orzhov Wave	4–5	44.4
Bant Wave	0–1	0.0
Acid Trip	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	9–4	69.2
Séance	2–1	66.7
Enchantments Matter	4–2	66.7
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	6–2	75.0
Mono Black Vampires	5–2	71.4
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	6–8	42.9
Orzhov Legends	3–7	30.0
Elementals	4–2	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	4–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	2–1	66.7
Big Red	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	4–2	66.7
Mono Black Devotion	3–1	75.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	5–6	45.5
Orzhov Midrange	4–2	66.7
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–5	16.7
Fires of Invention	21–5	80.8
Hero of Precinct One	7–7	50.0
Mardu Hero	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Hero	1–2	33.3
Five Color Hero	3–2	60.0
Naya Hero	1–0	100.0
Boros Hero	0–1	0.0
Clerics	1–2	33.3
Death Cloud	4–1	80.0
Ramp	22–22	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	11–13	45.8
Eldrazipost	0–3	0.0
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	1–0	100.0
Gruul Post	4–3	57.1
Simic Post	5–6	45.5
Carth Superfriends	3–3	50.0